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Austria Tax Refund Application

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Tax Refunds from Austria

If you worked in Austria, you would’ve paid between 10% and 15% income tax (Einkommensteuer) on your earnings. The amount you pay depends on how much you earn. You could be entitled to a tax refund from Austria depending on a number of factors including:

How long you worked in Austria

How much you earned

The type of work you did

We check out all of these things for you to make sure you get the maximum legal tax refund possible. We will also liaise with the Austrian tax office on your behalf and organise all the paperwork.

Taxback.com customers receive an average tax refund of €650 from Austria. Talk to us about getting your tax back from Austria today.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

?When can I get my tax back?

The tax year in Austria is from January 1st to December 31st and you have up to five years to claim any overpaid Austrian tax.

2010-2014 Austrian tax refunds: If you worked in Austria anytime between 2010 and 2014, we can apply to get your tax back right away so download the Austrian TaxPack to apply for yours now! Pay between 10% and 15%.

2015 Austrian tax refunds: If you're working in Austria in 2015, we can apply for your Austrian tax refund at the end of the year so make sure you hold on to all your documents. If you leave Austria, get a FREE refund estimation from us to see what you'll be able to claim back.

?How much money will I get back?

Taxback.com will get you back as much overpaid Austrian tax as is legally possible. That amount depends on factors like:

?How long will it take to receive my Austrian tax refund? Where's my refund?

As soon as we have it, you'll have it, because we contact you immediately when we receive your refund to organise the easiest way to get it to you.

You can watch the step-by-step progress of your application on your online account. It'll go something like this:

When we get all your documents, it takes us just one day to prepare your Austrian tax return. This involves:

Receiving and checking the documents

Estimating your refund

Completing your forms

Sending them to the tax office

Once at the tax office, your application should take about four months to process but it can take longer if they're really busy. Don't worry - our tax team will keep chasing the tax office to see how your application is progressing.

As soon as the tax office sends us your refund, we'll contact you to sort out the best way to get your cash straight to you.

?How does taxback.com work?

Send us your documents and signed forms. We'll estimate your refund and give you an online tracking account. If you're missing any documents we can get replacements for you.

Chill out while we file your tax return and get you the maximum possible legal refund.

?How do I know what's happening with my tax return?

You can follow the progress of your Austrian tax return on your online tracking account. It allows you to see every step of your application. As soon as we have your refund we'll contact you to sort out the best way to get your money straight to you.Rather talk to a human being? We have staff available to talk to you in 27 taxback.com offices in 20 different countries. Click here to find your local office number or use our Live Chat.

?How much will it cost?

First of all, our FREE refund estimation costs you nothing - just a few minutes to fill it out. We'll email your refund estimation straight to your personal email with no obligation to use our service.

When you send us your documents and signed forms, we'll evaluate your refund and what additional services you need such as document retrieval. Then we'll let you know how much it will cost to file your return for you.

For tax refunds from Austria, we charge 16.5% + handling fee of the refund received, subject to a minimum fee of €50 + handling fee.

Why the minimum fee?

Our fee covers all the things that make filing your Austrian tax return with us so easy such as:

Local staff to meet you and guide you through the process in 18 offices worldwide

Tax technicians

Researchers to identify new legal developments to maximise your refunds

?Oops - I lost my documents/Help - I never got my documents – what do I do?

We know it's easy to lose documents in the move back home or to not even receive them in the first place. That's why we have a document retrieval service to organise replacements for you. If you're missing documents, just contact us at austria@taxback.com and we'll sort it out for you.

?What is a Lohnzettel?

The Lohnzettel is the official government form that you get from your employer at the end of the tax year. It outlines your earnings and the amount of tax you paid. We don't need the Lohnzettel to file your tax return but it helps us make a more accurate estimate of your expected refund for you.

?Can I do it myself?

Every tax office in the world is set up to accept applications directly from taxpayers so yes, you can file your return yourself. The reality is though once you submit it, there's no updating process and no feedback until you get a yes or a no, which is frustrating and very worrying.Preparing your Austrian tax return will involve getting all the tax forms and trying to put all the information together properly – and it's not as easy as it looks.The tax system in Austria is very complex and filing their own tax return is a challenge that many Austrian citizens don't even attempt themselves.Our customers rely on us as technical professionals to file their Austrian returns and get their tax back. They'd rather focus on their university courses, their day-job or, more importantly, on their skiing.Let us put our years of experience filing tax returns to good use by doing all the work for you.

?I worked abroad in other countries - can you help me claim refunds from these countries?

Absolutely! We've been organising tax refunds for people working all over the world since 1996. If you've worked in any of the following countries click on them to apply for your refund!

Our research team is constantly developing tax return services for new markets so if you've worked in a country not mentioned above, email our team on newtaxes@taxback.com to see what we can do for you.

We file your Austrian tax return in order to organise your tax refund.

A tax return is the annual submission of tax forms documenting your earnings, taxes paid, deductable expenses and allowances that you send to the tax office for review. They review it according to the information submitted by your employer and the current laws that apply to your case.

If you get a tax refund, this means the tax office review found you had overpaid tax in Austria and were due some back.

Our estimate of your refund is based on our prediction of what the tax office will decide when they review your tax return - providing they have the same information as us.

?Can you guarantee that I'll receive the refund amount you estimated for me?

No, but we do guarantee to get you the most money back that we legally can.

Our estimate is based on your documents and our experience in filing thousands of tax returns every week since 1996. Naturally, the Austrian tax authority has the final decision in your tax refund based on their systems and tax codes.

When our tax technicians prepare and file your return, they check for any allowances or benefits you could get and ensure we apply for the maximum rebate possible.

It's free to get an Austrian tax refund estimation

At taxback.com, we operate on a no refund no fee basis. That means that you can find out for free how much money you are due back. We get some information from you like, for example, how long you’ve been working and the type of job you’ve done. Then our Austrian Tax Team will analyse the figures and provide you with a free Austrian tax refund estimation. At that stage, you can decide whether or not you want to proceed. So what are you waiting for? Get your Austrian tax back today!

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Useful Austrian Tax Facts

The tax year in Austria runs from January 1st to December 31st

You have up to five years to claim any overpaid Austrian tax

The average Austrian tax refund is €650

It's free to get an Austrian tax refund estimation

You need a form called a Lohnzettel when you're claiming your Austrian tax back